#sony imageworks

[waltergamersposts]

That Came with the Frame

[rickchung]

Vox x “How Spider-Verse forced animation to evolve”.

Non-photorealistic rendering has opened up an alternative to the ubiquitous "Pixar look”.

[naaicha]

ppl saying the animators at sony should strike are not realizing imageworks is non union……….

[thyarqade]

[vfxexpress]

SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES THE ACQUISITION OF PIXOMONDO, AN OSCAR AND EMMY® AWARD WINNING VIRTUAL PRODUCTION, VISUALIZATION, AND VFX COMPANY

SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES THE ACQUISITION OF PIXOMONDO, AN OSCAR AND EMMY® AWARD WINNING VIRTUAL PRODUCTION, VISUALIZATION, AND VFX COMPANY

Sony Pictures Entertainment (“SPE”) today announced the acquisition of Pixomondo, an Oscar and Emmy® Award Winning virtual production, visualization and VFX company, from Mayfair Equity Partners, a dedicated technology and consumer investor. Pixomondo (“PXO”), which is known for its work on premium content including Sony Pictures Television’s The Boys, as well as Game of Thrones, House of the…

[not-quite-normal]

hi!!!! there been news articles saying that the working conditions of spiderverse were rlly rlly bad to the point of 100 ppl quitting or someting…. sorry to be liek an annoying reporter and b kinda invasive but is this tru D:

the big article that came out, for anyone curious: https://www.vulture.com/2023/06/spider-verse-animation-four-artists-on-making-the-sequel.html

there are some aspects about the article that i don't feel comfortable commenting on, but yes a lot of animators did quit. a lot of it had to do with the issues mentioned in the article, but a lot also left because disney opened a studio in vancouver (where sony imageworks is located) and had to hire an entire crew. i don't blame people for leaving spiderverse to get in on being a part of establishing the disney vancouver studio

i will also say that some of the information going around is incorrect; we did not work 11 hours a day, 7 days a week for over a year. working 7 days a week is illegal, and though some people worked sundays, they were clearly told that they could not work the next saturday if they worked a sunday. we encouraged people to not work ghost hours, and OT was always optional (except for saturday work towards the end, but nobody was punished or anything if they couldn't work a saturday). we also get paid for OT. i was on the movie for over a year but we certainly weren't crunching that whole time. like the article said, we were idle for a long time

it was undeniably a hard movie to work on and with such a large crew, everyone had a wide variety of experiences. the anonymous animators in the article aren't wrong, but i will say that there are people that felt differently, or not as strongly as them. it's a complicated issue that doesn't have a simple solution

i just hope this doesn't tarnish your view of the movie. we worked hard on it and everyone's immense celebration of the animation is making all that hard work very worth it!

[spiderverseconceptart]

hello oh my god i despertatley need ur help finding a specific piece of of concept art from the last few scenes of the movie, they are developmental pieces or final inking art of wiles' like workshop PLEASE please I'm beginning you, its completely black and white ink stuff help ..

Earth-42 linework and mark making guide for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse by Patrick O'keefe and Sony Imageworks VFX (artists not listed)

I only included the line art pieces from the linked thread but the actual post goes into much more detail about how Earth-42's effects were made, including more art pieces and comic artists that inspired the style! As usual, I highly recommend taking a look

[extracurious]

Spiderman Into The Spiderverse VFX breakdown

-Sony Imageworks

[crowsmurderz]

gwen without earth-65 colors. she's so cute.

(© spider-man: atsv : an evening with sony pictures imageworks video on gnomon youtube channel)

[honoka-marierose]

Sony will release a new animated short titled “The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story” on Sony Pictures Animation’s YouTube channel at 6 a.m. PT on March 27.

From Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks, the short is set in the world of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” and follows Miles Morales/Spider-Man as he struggles to balance his responsibilities as a teenager, friend, student and Spider-Man. In navigating those pressures, Miles experiences a panic attack that forces him to confront the manifestations of his anxiety and learn that reaching out for help can be just as brave an act as protecting his city from evil.

The digital release comes in partnership with the Kevin Love Fund, and will be incorporated as part of the fund’s new mental health-focused lesson plan, “The Hero Within.” The lesson plan invites students to tell their own story through the lens of mental health awareness via an interactive curriculum including a creative storyboard activity.

“Miles represents so many of us doing the best we can in our day-to-day lives,” said Jarelle Dampier, director of “The Spider Within.” “We don’t often realize all that we’ve been through until our own body forces us to become aware of its experience. My intention is that ‘The Spider Within’ can motivate deeper conversations amongst friends & family about their own mental health journeys — and I hope it feels like a love letter to those who adore Miles Morales.”

KLF founder, professional basketball player and mental health advocate Kevin Love said, “My hope for the short film would be for everyone, especially young people, to understand that your feelings are valid and that you are not alone in this.”

Love continued, “You see it with Spider-Man in the short film, where Miles has a trusted confidante. He is able to take a walk with his dad and express what he’s going through. We can all learn from that – how important it is to reach out to someone, express your true emotions, speak your truth and not hold everything inside.”

“The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story” debuted at Annecy in 2023 and was developed and produced in the inaugural year of Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks’ Leading and Empowering New Storytellers (LENS) program, a nine-month leadership training program that provides candidates from underrepresented groups with an opportunity to gain valuable leadership experience in animation. The final deliverable of the program is an all-original short film, set in the existing world of a feature produced by Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks.

“The Spider Within: “A Spider-Verse Story” is written by Khaila Amazan, and produced by LENS program creators Michelle Raimo-Kouyate and David Schulenburg. Rounding out the LENS team are Clara Chan who served as vfx supervisor and Joe Darko who served as animation supervisor.

[ghostflowerhotpotch]

HOLY SHIT GUYS!

I had really been interested in watching this for awhile, but I could only find really bad cam versions of it, and I was the one who used cam quality before the digital version was available.

It suck we still need to wait a little bit over a week, but I am SOOOO READY!

[flordelalunas]

“Sony Imageworks Holiday Cards ❤️🎄"

From @/MattyMcDee on Twitter/X

I LOVE THESE TWO SO MUCH!!!! Of course we have grumpy Miguel and happy Lyla carrying the holiday cheer! 😂🩵

[gcldfanged]

Hey guys, if you've never once interacted with me, you're not following me, and we're clearly not mutuals- Do not approach me soliciting your art commissions. If I wanted a commission from you, then I would have sought you out and asked you for one.

I find this to be incredibly rude, cultivate an audience and advertise on your blog/using tags and other social media like a normal person- Do not just randomly park in someone's inbox you've never once spoken to being like "heyyy, so like, you should totally commission me". It's just really insulting.

I'm an artist too, guys- I know it's rough out there. I know I'm just doing it for fun/as a hobby, but at least be PROFESSIONAL if you want to make it in the industry? I used to freelance and I used to work as a character designer at Sony Imageworks, I would never just roll up on someone trying to peddle my work without prompting.

Now I'm worried people might do this to my mutuals too, just use common sense, please.

[radiofreederry]

Comcast has begun the hollowing-out of DreamWorks